Pattaya: Keep the lockdown! But when restrictions lift pubs and bars should be last to open, says expert

[gamesgplayemail]

hi, do they check thoroughly why you enter pattaya ? dark side is accessible but no bright side if no document ?

 

[Don Mega]

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Why, with new infections of only 30/day surely some restrictions an be eased, and focus moved to testing, tracking and contact tracing. At some point restarting the economy will be more important... else there will be more than 30 deaths/day from suicide and crime!

only 0.14%/per 1 million of the population is being tested.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Don Mega

[Don Mega]

3 minutes ago, gamesgplayemail said:

hi, do they check thoroughly why you enter pattaya ? dark side is accessible but no bright side if no document ?

 

From what ive heard the check is just a cursory glance at a persons paperwork.

[Almer]

7 hours ago, robblok said:

Yea I mean bars won't be able to handle social distancing.. i mean sound and people wanting to talk .. and much more with the girls. Social distancing just wont work in bars and many other venues. 

Impossible to keep 1 mtr apart in a crowded bar and  away from a pretty who hasn't worked for 3 months. 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

So many bars are empty or half empty I don't see opening bars being a problem just include rules if necessary

Once the bars are open it will be a free-for-all, owners will just want to make money, do you really think people will follow any rules.

ie social distancing in bars.. how exactly, one person per table...  dream on?

[skorp13]

Love how he uses not opening a bar as a result of social distancing which is understandable however, has he seen the food queues?

[DPKANKAN]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

"boxing, cock fighting, pubs, bars and clubs should probably remain closed after other places are allowed to open"

 

So many bars are empty or half empty I don't see opening bars being a problem just include rules if necessary

Cock fighting!!! Do you mean that parliament should stay closed??? ????????????????????????????????

[SEtonal]

50 minutes ago, skorp13 said:

Love how he uses not opening a bar as a result of social distancing which is understandable however, has he seen the food queues?

 

[johno49]

if he is a leading covid 19 specialist he is not Thai all we have here is bumbling idiots we are locked down in the provinces with no good reason other than the bureaucrats looking for their 15 minutes in the sun.

[Burma Bill]

Great news - all you "alcofrolics" will have to wait much longer before you can clear the cobwebs from your favorite bar stool!!

[gk10002000]

Might not be the best way to attract western tourists for vacation and holiday. 

[gargamon]

11 hours ago, gamesgplayemail said:

hi, do they check thoroughly why you enter pattaya ? dark side is accessible but no bright side if no document ?

 

I came through one of the checkpoints about 2pm on Friday as a passenger in a Bangkok taxi. No documents were checked, only temps for me and the driver.

[connda]

Absolutely.  Bars and pubs should be shut for good (well except for the private bars that the Hiso, elite, and upper-crust academics frequent.  Special exemptions for special people!)

[gargamon]

18 minutes ago, gk10002000 said:

Might not be the best way to attract western tourists for vacation and holiday. 

No sane western tourist will return until there's a vaccine or they can be assured they have already had the virus and have antibodies. I'd say a year or 18 months minimum before it picks up...

[connda]

7 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

Great news - all you "alcofrolics" will have to wait much longer before you can clear the cobwebs from your favorite bar stool!!

Back to your meetings 'Bill'.  Those should be shut too though.  Large numbers of people in close proximity drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes and all.  Perfect environment to pass pathogens.  Don't you think?  

Many, many adults drink.  The those who vote won't forget.

 

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, couchpotato said:

He did say 'caution', not stop.  Caution will be sensible for many months to come.

'Additional' was also used!

Edited April 17, 2020 by jacko45k

[Henryford]

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Can you back that claim up with a link, thanks

Thailand population 70 million, CV deaths 43. Compare that to road accidents 30-40,000 EVERY year. I know which one i am most scared of.

[Prairieboy]

21 hours ago, petermik said:

One of the biggest problems surely is the baht busses....no social distancing there

Or more than one on a motorcycle.

[Rimmer]

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